A Lesson in Scale
A good tip for beginner-intermediate mappers: pay attention to scale as you're creating. That wonderful town you're building actually might be only the size of a football pitch... or perhaps the...
View ArticleAn update to Sarit - Bromley V2.02
Hi all,Just thought I'd update you on the progress of Sarit. Here's a little background for if you are wondering:Sarit is the regional city of the region of Barkenfry (Holmic: Bakenfray) in Eastern...
View ArticleI am actually staying! Yay!
Hey everyone!Good news! I actually do have some free time, so that means I can still be online and make edits. Although that is nice, I will probably make less frequent edits. Still, It's nice to...
View ArticleNew waterway connection from the Vinn Sea to the ocean
Hi all,some of you may have noticed that there is a new natural waterway connection between the ocean and the Vinn Sea through the north-western part of Kalm. Ūdilugbulgidħū asked me (already in...
View ArticleCountries disappeared?
Dear mappers,I am astonished that "suddenly" (maybe not really, I have not been active in OGF for several weeks) some neighbouring countries of Kalm disappeared: Vinnmark and the old western part of...
View ArticleSaving for a new PC; What JOSM Tools should I add?
Hello everyone!Currently, I am using a Chromebook, so I am primarily relying on the iD editor, which we all know does not have as many cool features as JOSM. But now, I am saving up for a PC that runs...
View ArticleMalls.
I was just going through some places in OGF and just realized that malls were actually very barren. Usually the name of the mall is given and then the rest is ignored. We should be putting the shops...
View ArticleTemporary leave of absence
Hey fellow mappers,For a handful of weeks I've somewhat mapped a piece of rural Michisaukee, but unfortunately I will be gone from ogf for awhile because of a recent broken arm. If I can barely do...
View ArticleThe New Guy
Hello all! I'm new to OGF and JOSM (which I began using for scaling purposes) and I really like what this is about! My first town is Tolanville in Michisaukee, FSA, a bit east of Massodeya City. I'm...
View ArticleBuildings on squares
Hi everyone,I cannot make my buildings on a square in my city show up on the standard map. It does work with History and Topo, though. I mean this and this square, but it is a common problem for other,...
View ArticleAR923 : Dravidian it is !
In order to comply with the new language rules of the (ex-) Commonian territories, I've "dravidianized" the names of a region I've been developing before I've got my own territories. This region is...
View ArticleMotor Racing Circuits in Maperitive?
Hi, Thought I'd have a look at messing around in Maperitive so that when I have filled up more of my region I could make some nice looking location maps as I've seen others do... however it doesn't...
View ArticleMazan
Hello everyone,anybody knows who is the owner of Mazan, or if it has no owner, who is responsible of it?
View ArticleLindenville in Meredy Prefecture, Rhododactylia..
I have returned to OpenGeofiction in a couple of months after first pausing on all editing, here I am resumed with editing Lindenville with great potential, along with its suburbs. There are suburbs...
View ArticleIntroducing: Deodeca
Introducing: DeodecaDeodeca is a country in Southern Archanta, bordering the Federal States, Ardencia and Ambrosia. It is planned to be a Spanish-speaking Latin American country. It will be a...
View ArticleIscu is Open For Embassies!
Hello there! I come to you all today because Iscu is open for embassies! I'm interested in setting up embassies with nations that are reasonably close to Iscu. Iscu is a small country with a equally...
View ArticleGharbiya, a new nation, an old faith... But how?
Hey! I've been mapping for a few days now in my first territory and i'm making steady progress, but that's (of course) not why I'm posting this. No. I'm in need of some in-world guidelines. You see,...
View ArticlePresentando: Deodeca
Presentando: Deodecathis article is the Spanish version of the English article found hereDeodeca es un país en Arcanta del Sur, con frontera a los Estados Federados, Ardencia y Ambrosia. Va a ser un...
View ArticleTavauru 2.0 - Redesigning the islands
I've taken the difficult decision to redesign the entire territory of Tavauru. This decision has been made as the quality of my mapping has increased, and it has become increasingly difficult to work...
View ArticleMedwedia 2.0: Expansion and Redesign
NOTE: I admit that this announcement is a bit late.As some might have noticed, the Medwedian Democratic Federation has been expanded southward and is currently undergoing a redesign.After numerous...
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